Clinical Nurse Educator CCU Medical Surgical

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Paid time off and family leave

401(k) with employer match

Education support

Job summary

Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center is seeking a Nurse Educator to enhance professional practice by delivering evidence-based educational programs for nursing, inter-professional teams, and clinical staff. The role focuses on onboarding, orientation, competency, and ongoing staff development to improve patient care outcomes.

The educator will collaborate with the Clinical Professional Development Director to tailor programs based on evaluation results and promote lifelong learning across

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing is required.
• Master’s degree in nursing is preferred.
• Must have PICU experience.
• 2+ years of clinical education, CSC, academia or leadership experience preferred.
• 2+ years of acute care hospital experience preferred.
• Currently licensed as an RN or holds an active compact license.
• Nationally recognized specialty certification preferred.
• Basic Life Saving (BLS) certification required.
• Travel up to 25% is required.

Responsibilities

• Participates in development, coordination, management, and evaluation of onboarding and orientation for nursing and other clinical staff.
• Provides onboarding programs to promote employee retention.
• Collaborates with the Director of Clinical Professional Development to adjust programs based on evaluation results.
• Participates in development and management of competency programs.
• Designs educational activities addressing practice gaps for licensed and non-licensed staff.
• Develops activities to improve knowledge, skills, and practice; plans content delivery to engage learners.
• Promotes evidence-based practice and participates in research, EBP, and quality improvement.
• Identifies strategies for lifelong learning and staff maturation.
• Utilizes a novice-to-expert approach to staff development and skill enhancement.

Skills

Onboarding programs

Orientation programs

Inter-professional collaboration

Competency development

Educational activity design

EBP integration

Lifelong learning facilitation

Novice-to-expert development

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in nursing

Master’s degree in nursing (preferred)

RN license in state of practice

Nationally recognized specialty certification (preferred)

Job description

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Nurse Educator enhances professional practice and the provision of quality patient care by providing evidence-based quality educational programs and activities that promote professional competency for nursing, inter-professional, and non-licensed clinical staff at the assigned facility.

In this role you will:

• Participates in the development, coordination, managing, facilitating, conducting, and evaluating of onboarding and orientation programs for nursing and other healthcare personnel.

• Provides orientation/onboarding programs to promote employee retention.

• Collaborates with the Director of Clinical Professional Development to adjust the program based on evaluation results.

• Participates in the development, coordination and management of facilitating, conducting, and evaluating competency.

• Designs and identifies educational activities to address practice gaps for identified target audiences, including licensed and non-licensed healthcare personnel, in alignment with HCA and division clinical education request and development processes.

• Develops activities to achieve specific outcomes related to identified deficits or opportunities for improvement in knowledge, skill and practice. Plans educational content delivery that encourages learner engagement.

• Promotes and integrates the EBP in order to continuously improve practice. Conducts, encourages, facilitates, and/or participates in research, EBP, and QI in patient care settings.

• Identifies and develops strategies to facilitate a continuous process of maturation through lifelong learning.

• Utilizes novice-to-expert continuum when developing staff. Identifies and provides opportunities for skill enhancement and mastery.

What experience and education is needed for this role:

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing Required

• Master’s degree in nursing Preferred

• MUST have PICU experience

• 2+ years of experience in clinical education, CSC, academia or leadership. Preferred

• 2+ years of experience in acute care hospital. Preferred

• Currently licensed as an RN in the state of practice or has an active compact state license in accordance with law and regulation Required

• Nationally Recognized Specialty certification Preferred

• Basic Life Saving (BLS) Required

• Ability to Travel up to 25%

Benefits

Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services

• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services

• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence

• Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling

• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing

• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

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